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Thursday, 18 December 2014
Zehn Jahre nach der Katastrophe: Tsunami-Frühwarnsystem für den Indischen Ozean - Der Status Quo
Zehnter Jahrestag der Katastrophe; Indonesien verfügt über eines der modernsten Tsunami-Frühwarnsysteme 18.12.2014: Am zweiten Weihnachtstag jährt sich zum zehnten Mal die Tsunamikatastrophe im Indischen Ozean. Eine Viertelmillion Menschen verloren am 26. 12. 2004 ihr Leben, fünf Millionen Menschen bedurften der sofortigen Hilfe und 1,8 Millionen Menschen wurden obdachlos.Chemosynthetische Ökosysteme in der Erdgeschichte
Anbei nur kurz ein Vortrag von Steffen Kiel (Universität Göttingen), gehalten auf dem Lyell Meeting am 12. März 2014 über chemosynthetische Ökosysteme im Laufe der Erdgeschichte. Chemosynthetische Ökosyseme sind faszinierende Lebensgemeinschaften, die fern von Sonnenlicht ihre zum Leben benötigte Energie eben nicht von unserem Zentralgestirn beziehen, sondern aus anderen Quellen. Dazu zählen die unter anderem die bekannten schwarzen und weißen Raucher der untermeerischen [...]Short Announcement: new MOOC on GeoInt!
Today I received an interesting E-mail from Pennstate University which pointed towards an upcoming MOOC with a more or less special focus: Geospatial Intelligence. The title is Geospatial Intelligence & [...]Shutting Down for Christmas
Once again, I've gone a bit too manic on this, and I am suffering the shudders. For sure, if there is an M5 in Okieland, then I'll wakeTracking wastewater in the ocean with satellites
Scientists can use satellites to track wastewater plumes in the ocean, according to new research presented Tuesday afternoon at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco. Researchers from [...]New Donations: SWN and CGG
Seismos [17:01:00]
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Carboniferous; US,UA
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Study: Wind Is Biggest Weather Driver Of Great Lakes Algal Blooms
Scientists at Ohio State University have ranked the potency of weather changes in driving Great Lakes algal blooms, according to a release from the university. The most influential driver, they’ve[...] The [...]Just in Time for Christmas! All the Gargantuan Guides in One Place!
Do you still have gifts to buy? Don’t want to leave the comfort of your home or office? Are you dreading the very thought of stepping into a store? Want to give the gift of knowledge and... -- Read more [...]My early Christmas present: a dead corn snake
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [14:08:28]
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A friend’s daughter owned a pet corn snake, and a hamster. About a month ago, the former got into the latter’s cage — and in a reversal of the usual course of such events, sustained some [...]
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Door 18: Climate Change Christmas
Geological Society of London blog [11:30:19]
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If, wherever you are, the weather is anything like as freezing as it currently is at Geology HQ in London, you may have had to put up with that most irritating of seasonal phrases, ‘so much for global [...]
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Amazing but watch with caution: camera phone footage of the deadly Banjarnegara district landslide in Indonesia
There is a video on Youtube that apparently shows the moment that the Banjarnegara district landslide in Indonesia occurred, killing over 100Post Permian Mass Extinction Size Reduction In Glossopteris Plant Lineages
Reporting on a Revolution [07:49:00]
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Permian
Mass extinctions prune away branches of the tree of life. The late Permian-Triassic mass extinction event affected marine and terrestrial animal life severely, perhaps more than it affected terrestrial plant [...]
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Alaskan Way Viaduct Settles after Bertha TBM Access Pit Dewatering
Areas surrounding the access pit being excavated to rescue the stalled Bertha TBM have experienced settlement as much as 1 to almost 1.5 inches according to a draft figure released by WSDOT on December 11, [...]Bentley's Year in Infrastructure 2014 Conference Wrap-Up
Bentley's annual infrastructure conference was again a tremendous success. Held in London in early November, the event provided infrastructure executives from around the world with valuable insights on [...]Seismic Hazard for Ontario Nuclear Plants Triples
Heaven Above and Earth Below: Scientists Track Atmospheric Disturbances to Gather Earthquake Data
Earthquakes generate seismic waves that propagate through earth, water, and air. Generations of geologists have used ground-based seismometers to decipher information about earthquakes, including magnitude, [...]Pancake ice on the River Dee in Scotland
Geology in Motion [18:15:27]
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Heart Rate Monitors for Shellfish May Help Purify Rivers
In tanks at the University of Iowa, mussels equipped with heart rate monitors are purifying water with their excrement. Like human heart monitors, the gadgets glued to the mussels’ shells provide information [...]Walrus Heads in Seattle
They are arguably the most famous heads in Seattle but unlike many ... [ continueMS Alum Leads Green Initiatives at McGraw Hill Financial
Master of Science in Sustainability Management alum, Jaclyn Bouchard (’14) came into the program with an academic background in biology and energy management and professional experience working for [...]Dataforensics and Keynetix Announce Major Partnership
Dataforensics and Keynetix Forge Partner Alliance to Revolutionize Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Data Management Norcross, Georgia, December 2014 – Dataforensics and Keynetix announce a [...]One for the ichnologists
For those inclined toward trace fossils… …This is from Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. I saw it on the trail to Consolation Lakes from Moraine Lake. I do not recall rock type – could be [...]Deutsche Rohstoff: US-Ölprojekte auch bei niedrigen Preisen attraktiv
Überblick über den Stand der Projekte/Positiver Effekt aus Euro-Abwertung Heidelberg. Die Deutsche Rohstoff und das Management ihrer beiden US-Beteiligungen Cub Creek Energy (CCE) und Elster Oil and Gas [...]Escultosaurios II
Science Snap (#35): Twinning
Between a Rock and a Hard Place [07:30:19]
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Twinning is a phenomenon in mineralogy whereby a single crystal of a mineral has two or more parts in which the crystal lattice is differently orientated. The shared surface between two twins is called the [...]
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December 18, 2014
The 2011 Virginia Earthquake was at a Fault JunctionUnited States Geological Survey Hydrocarbon Sand Dunes on Saturn’s Moon TitanThe Los Angeles Times Guatemala Raises Extraction Royalty from 1% to [...]Lightning Bolts May have Jolted Life on Earth
Michael Wong wants to understand how life could evolve on other worlds. A graduate student in planetary sciences at the California Institute of Technology, he usually focuses on planetary atmospheres. But [...]Top concepts:
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